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mk  ·  4658 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Ramen Rater
So, when I was quite poor, I bought 12 ramen for $1 at the grocery. I went home and enjoyed a bowl.

Before I ate my ramen, I would crush up the noodles in the bag first. (I don't like really long noodles on my chin.) Anyway, after eating my ramen, I noticed that a small noodle on the bottom of my bowl had a orange head. It was a maggot.

I opened up my other ramen packages, and they were quite full of maggots. I pounded a Coca-Cola, but couldn't shake the feeling for a day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWCSXz2tNfk

I just don't do ramen anymore.





thenewgreen  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
A restaurant I worked in once imported some fresh porcini mushrooms directly from Italy. We ran a porcini risotto as our special for the week. They used domestic porcini's for the bulk of the risotto but would garnish the plate with the imported mushrooms. It was one of those restaurants where you deliver the food on a plate with a lid and then remove the lid once the food is in front of the guest.

I brought out a dish of the risotto to the table, they were sharing it as an appetizer so it went square in the center of the table. I unsheathed the dish and atop the risotto were the mushrooms....atop of the mushrooms were about 10 little worms squirming about. They were definitely in the maggot family. I quickly put the lid back down and mumbled... "ummm, they forgot the garnish" and walked away. Nobody else noticed, it was amazing.

We tossed the mushrooms and switched the special. Several of the staff had eaten some earlier and we'd served it to many guests. It was pretty gross.

Apparently, this week is my restaurant insect story week: http://hubski.com/pub?id=19838

insomniasexx  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Omfg ew. Ew. Ew. Ewwwwww!!!

I can't even come up with an intelligent response to that. I would probably have vomited for days.

mk  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It was an unhappy moment to be sure. At least I boiled them first. :/
forwardslash  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I lived off instant noodles when I was living on my own, I just couldn't stand them after eating them so much but I never had a maggot experience. I've had friends who went to Japan and absolutely loved the ramen made by particular restaurants, even going a few hours out of the way just to have some. I think enough time has passed for me to fully enjoy a noodle based meal again.
cgod  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Haha, I remember that day.
lessismore  ·  4658 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I am not going to watch that video. I don't want to my ramen experience to be altered. :P
mk  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ah, you might have seen it. It's a scene from The Lost Boys. Such a great movie.
lessismore  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The first one was great, but the second one was...
mk  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
There was a second one?! Somehow I missed that. Sounds like I was fortunate.
lessismore  ·  4657 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Count yourself lucky. It came out in 2008. Don't bother looking it up unless you're completely bored out of your mind.